Photo: Chuck Schumer
More than one-million New Yorkers live with diabetes on a daily basis, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says some financial relief may be on the way for them.
Schumer says he's going to call for a vote in the Senate on a piece of legislation that would cap the price of insulin at $35.00 per month instead of the hundreds of dollars that it costs people now. The bill would also limit the ability of manufacturers to arbitrarily raise the price of these drugs. Schumer believes no one should have to go bankrupt because they need insulin to survive. Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death in the United States.